I'm interested in attempting some work with Ruby on Rails. Other than some very elementary BASIC programming and HTML (yes, I know it's not a programming language), I have no programming experience. [more inside]
posted by joshrholloway
on Dec 29, 2007 -
6 answers

I'm a coder, with skills in python, ruby, rails, java, etc. I've recently started getting offers for (and accepting) short-term contract work in addition to my longer-term dayjob contract. However, I'm unsure what the going rate is for the work I do - how much should I charge on a per-hourly basis? How does this vary with respect to the length of the contract (eg, a day, a week, a month, six months)? [more inside]
posted by ysabet
on Nov 30, 2007 -
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Railsfilter: I need to write an addition to an already-existing Rails app to allow it to accept large files (and some trivial metadata) uploaded from a Processing (Java) client I've written. The Rails app already supports this behavior via a web interface. I can see a few of the trees, how do I fit them into the forest and get a pair of working apps? [more inside]
posted by Alterscape
on Sep 19, 2007 -
4 answers

The management at the company I'm working for has sold a couple customers on a product that we as the worker-bees have yet to produce. That being said I view this more as an opportunity to do something new than as a huge hassle, assuming we can figure out a convenient way of producing said product. So I was hoping the great and wonderful MeFi might have a couple suggestions they might throw my way. [more inside]
posted by bernsno
on Sep 17, 2007 -
3 answers

Finding it impossible to locate natural ruby solitaire/stud sterling silver or white gold (not plated) earrings for my soon to be daughter-in-law. Can someone point me in the right direction? Will shop online or in the New York City / Long Island area. [more inside]
posted by eatdonuts
on Sep 6, 2007 -
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Configured Readline with the prefix 'ur/local' on OSX. Then installed Ruby in /usr/local, but with Readline. Would like to put everything in the proper place without damaging anything, so what do I do now? [more inside]
posted by djgh
on Jul 23, 2007 -
5 answers

What are the best database-driven Web application development frameworks out there right now? More specifically, please orient me to toolsets you know of that are similar to Ruby on Rails. [more inside]
posted by killdevil
on Jul 6, 2007 -
17 answers

Rcodetools, possibly in conjunction with Icicles, seems like it should be the bee's knees for doing Ruby code completion in Emacs. I need help getting it to actually work. [more inside]
posted by dmd
on Mar 7, 2007 -
2 answers

I'm fairly new to Ruby on Rails and I'm having trouble getting icalendar to play. Can some one point me to a tutorial so that I can learn how to render an iCalendar in a webpage? [more inside]
posted by dantodd
on Feb 25, 2007 -
7 answers

I want to learn web design. Not to be hired as a web designer but to design my own business site. I know some (a little) HTML. Is there another language that i should be focusing on that may be easier or better or do i pretty much start with HTML and get very good with that before moving on to something else... [more inside]
posted by Bjkokenos
on Dec 5, 2006 -
18 answers

Why should I look at Ruby on Rails for development of applications instead of the traditional LAMP stack, especially given the advancements in PHP since 5.0? [more inside]
posted by xmutex
on Oct 31, 2006 -
12 answers

I'm searching for a simple ruby/python database application tutorial.
A long time ago, like six years ago, I came across this simple tutorial for php/mysql that showed you, from the ground up, how to put a simple database of your video collection online.
Is there a similar tutorial that emphasizes creating a simple front-end for a mysql database using ruby or python, geared toward n00bs? [more inside]
posted by mecran01
on Sep 12, 2006 -
5 answers

Should I switch from PHP to Ruby? I know this topic has been covered before, but I have some specific questions that I haven't been able to find answers to, here or elsewhere: 1. How complete are the Ruby libraries? and 2. How is Ruby's performance compared to PHP? [more inside]
posted by jay.jansheski
on Dec 4, 2005 -
22 answers

Everyone seems to love Ruby. But does it lend itself to web development, and is it "polished" enough to be used as one's primary language? [more inside]
posted by TheCowGod
on Jun 16, 2005 -
21 answers

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